Stenberg, 17, is best known for her
portrayal of Rue in TheHunger Games.

“It's a really, really hard thing to
be silenced and it's deeply bruising to fight against your identity
and to mold yourselves into shapes that you just shouldn't be in,”
Stenberg
said in a Snapchat takeover for Teen Vogue. “As someone
who identifies as a black bisexual woman, I've been through it and it
hurts and it's awkward and it's uncomfortable.”

“I definitely believe in the concept
of rebellion through selfhood, and rebellion through embracing your
true identity, no matter what you’re being told.”

“We need more representation in film
and television. We need our voices to be louder in the media. And not
just women of color – bisexual women, gay women, transgender women,
mentally ill women. I’m sick of all the misogyny and homophobia and
transphobia that I see around me, and I know you are too,” she
added.